Notch Trail

You'll have to go far from Espanola to get to Notch Trail but what a great place for hiking it is. Hey, time for a hike donít you think? Notch Trail in Conejos County, Colorado is a great place to go. This part of Colorado is always a pleasure to visit during hiking season. In the San Juan and Jemez Mountains there are many great hiking trails, there's no better way to enjoy these mountains. Rio de los Pinos is a wonderful whitewater spot in the neighborhood

of Notch Trail, and a visit to First Meadows rejuvenates the soul. You'll really wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the amusing stuff in the San Juan and Jemez Mountains. You can run the rapids of Conejos River near Notch Trail.

There's so much to do here at Notch Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Conejos Campground is a good site for that. South Elk Creek is a nice local stream. You'll need more than a day to explore everything Notch Trail has to offer, you can camp at Spectacle Lake Campground. Notch Trail is a wet place that gets a large amount of rainfall. Of all the months in a year March is the one with the most snow while June is the month with the least amount of

precipitation. Summertime highs at Notch Trail commonly tend to be in the 60's. For the duration of the moonlight hours it's generally in the 40's. Daytime highs through the winter are in the 30's with winter lows in the 0's overnight here at Notch Trail.